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Puffball

When Richard and Liffey buy their dream cottage in the country, they little know what Nature has in store for them. While Richard sows wild oats in London, pregnant Liffey has to face alone the mysterious workings of her body — and the terrifying, primitive malevolence of her witch-neighbour, Mabs.

Themes
feminism
Setting
1980sBritish
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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